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Introduction
Other Health and Safety Briefings have discussed Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Event Tree Analysis: Risk Assessment Techniques - Part 1 Failure Modes and Effects Analysis - FMEA Risk Assessment Techniques - Part 2 Event Tree Analysis - ETA This is the third briefing note to describe a specific risk assessment technique, Fault Tree Analysis - FTA. It must be emphasised that this brief treatment is intended to be illustrative rather than definitive.
Figure 2: Quantification of FTA Probability Scale 1 in 10 1 in 100 1 in 1000 1 in 10000 1 in 100000 1 in 1 million Frequent Probable Occasional Remote Improbable Extremely remote Quantification of Fault Trees Top Event Crash at main road junction Crash Probability = 0.001311 or approximately 1 in 1000. If 6000 cars use the side road every year, then it is expected that 6-7 crashes per year may occur.
And
P=0.1311
P=0.12
Or
P=0.0111
Or
By ascribing probabilities to each event, the probability of a Top Event can be calculated. This requires knowledge of probable failure rates. At an OR gate the probabilities must be added to give the probability of the next event, whereas at an AND gate, the probabilities are multiplied. This is a powerful technique for identifying the failures that have the greatest influence on bringing about the Top Event.
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